Birmingham Billboard Project Collection
1992-1993
History
This collection documents an art project organised by Graham Fagen in Birmingham in 1992. Graham Fagen was born in 1966 in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art and completed an MA in Art, Architecture and Cultural Theory at the Kent Institute of Art and Design. He works mainly with photographic or interactive installations, which often include printed scripts and videos. From 1991-1995 Graham Fagen was a member of the staff in the Department of Art at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. He currently lectures in Sculpture at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.
Content
From May 1992 to May 1993 twelve billboards created by artists were exhibited on a chosen location in Snowhill Queensway, Birmingham in a Public Art project organised by Graham Fagen. The choice of billboard posters as a medium allowed the works to be displayed outside the more traditional confinement of a gallery. It enabled the works to be viewed by a wider audience. The project also formed the subject of an exhibition at the Bond Gallery, Birmingham in 1993.
The collection comprises 12 framed prints of the posters and multiple copies of the publication accompanying the project, The Outing of Urban Art, Billboard Project (Birmingham) 1992-93. The artists represented in the collection are: Sylbert Bolton, Claire Collison Alex Dempster, Alan Dunn, Lukas Einsele, Graham Fagen, Karl Grimes, Roshini Kempadoo, Sandi Kiehlmann, David McMillan, Kathleen Norcross, Andrew O’Hagan, and Michael Rothernstein.
Access
You can make an appointment to view this collection. A summary collection description and a detailed list of items are available in the Archives.
Reference code: 2794 - BB